I wouldn't go to a Madonna concert if I were given free ticketsand permitted to sit on her lap back stage.

KIds: attending her concert, you pretty much got what shedoes and what you deserved. Did you think she was going tocome out and simply sing or did you hope for a PRODUCTION withflares and bongos and maybe a smidge of sex?

Having lost my brother to gun violence in 1998, I have to admit I'm a little sensitive in regards to guns. I saw Madonna in Seattle on Oct 2nd. I enjoyed the show a lot, except the beginning where she used gun violence as a metaphor. She is a stunningly beautiful artist who does not need to use violence as a way to get her point across. But we are talking Madonna here. She will do what she wants to do. Does she need to adjust her artistic vision to accommodate me and every other person who has been affected by gun violence? No. That would be impossible. People who go to see Madonna should realize that she is going to do something controversial. That's why we go is it not?

Oh my god! People need to stop thinking that this or that isn't as "sensitive" to their preferences as they would like. Who cares? Yes the theater shooting was tragic but you can't get offended by something like this every time there is some sort of criminal incident. That's going way too far, expecting 100% political correctness all the time. Did Madonna shoot anybody? Then who cares!

cathybradshaw wrote:I for one am glad I did not shell out that kind of money to have a gun pointed at me.I think it was incredibly insensitive of her to do that here in Colorado with many of us still hurting from the Aurora shootings.All I can say to Madonna is SHAME ON YOU! You have lost a long time fan!

Really? A toy gun in a concert performance is insensitive? Should we ban all Lone Ranger reruns from the Denver airwaves? After all, he does carry a gun. Oversensitivity is our problem, not Madonna's alleged insensitivity.

Waaaaa I saw a fake gun WAAAA. I'm so sick of people wearing their feelings on their sleeves. Look she did a pre choreographed show had nothing to do with the theatre shooting. Maybe folks should realize that the world doesn't revolve around them or Colorado events. You people are not unique and special you are just like everyone else. Stop being babies and move the F on.

I take pride in seeing as many 80's acts that come through Denver as I possibly can. I have a ticket book full with stubs from Gary Numan, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, and the Human League. Name them and chances are I've seen them. Even some of the more esoteric ones. Heck, depending on my state of energy after work, I may just go see Thomas Dolby next week. But I would never in a million years buy a ticket to Madonna. It's one thing to see 80's bands still putting out excellent music. All I have named above still put out good, even great, work. Madonna is a washed up has-been leeching money off a contrived career. Nothing she has ever done has ever been purely artistic, it's all calculated underneath. MDNA is an atrocious album that insults proper EDM not only in the gratuitous title (and her gratuitous drug reference in Miami) but in trying to capitalise on the current trendyness of dance music without giving any sort of respect for the genre. It's the worst kind of cash grab.

As for her show, these things don't get choreographed overnight. I'm betting she's been waiving guns around now for probably 6 months at least. They can't just change it overnight for one city. Tasteless for sure, but people need to grow thicker skins and understand that it's only dance work. Half Madge's fault, half the audience on this one.

I swear we live in a society where people overreact to everything. She's been performing this tour since May 2012. Heinous crimes happen daily. This doesn't mean we are to cower in fear of the "boogeyman". The process of healing is to deal with it and MOVE ON! There is no point in wallowing in the past. For those complaining, I am sure you are exposed to some form of violence (TV, movies, music, video games) on the daily. But this shocks you? I know for a fact many of you have read reviews, been on forums, seen clips on YouTube so it is of no surprise.

Madonna is an entertainer and you paid for Madonna to entertain you. Just because you were displeased doesn't give you the write to shun someone.

Denver should know it hard to get big concert acts to tour here. I am 100% certain promoters will avoid Denver. Thanks a lot folk.

AmaranthArticia wrote:I take pride in seeing as many 80's acts that come through Denver as I possibly can. I have a ticket book full with stubs from Gary Numan, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, and the Human League. Name them and chances are I've seen them. Even some of the more esoteric ones. Heck, depending on my state of energy after work, I may just go see Thomas Dolby next week. But I would never in a million years buy a ticket to Madonna. It's one thing to see 80's bands still putting out excellent music. All I have named above still put out good, even great, work. Madonna is a washed up has-been leeching money off a contrived career. Nothing she has ever done has ever been purely artistic, it's all calculated underneath. MDNA is an atrocious album that insults proper EDM not only in the gratuitous title (and her gratuitous drug reference in Miami) but in trying to capitalise on the current trendyness of dance music without giving any sort of respect for the genre. It's the worst kind of cash grab.

As for her show, these things don't get choreographed overnight. I'm betting she's been waiving guns around now for probably 6 months at least. They can't just change it overnight for one city. Tasteless for sure, but people need to grow thicker skins and understand that it's only dance work. Half Madge's fault, half the audience on this one.

I so disagree with your opinion of Madonna but what you say about the time spent rehearsing sequences for a tour made the prospect of changing this show that has included the sequence long before the local shootings unreasonable to expect. I loved the show and since I have enjoyed MDNA despite people trashing it I would have been disappointed had she altered it.